"I was sitting there Saturday morning and I looked and said, 'Hold on. Frosty had some arms. What happened to them?'" Smith said. "We went back on the footage and saw the guy pull up here and watched him walk up into the yard like he owned it, and he took Frosty's arms."

A quick survey of the neighborhood showed other Christmas ornaments remained intact. Smith said there are other snowmen decorations in the neighborhood, but only one has arms.

"This is the holidays, you know? You just don't go out stealing people's lawn ornaments. It's just something you don't do," Smith said.

Police have some leads in the case, but Smith said he's not sure if he will file charges. On Tuesday, Smith said all he wants -- and all Frosty wants -- are his arms back.

"I have no idea what to say about that. (It) just boggles the mind," a neighbor said.

On Thursday, there was a break in the case. Fearing his identity would be revealed, the arm snatcher carefully -- avoiding the surveillance camera -- placed the missing arms in a bag on the Smiths' front porch. It was a sigh of relief for area residents.

"He stole his arms and brought them back? Well, I see the guilty conscience will get you," another resident said.

So, as of Friday, Frosty the Snowman is smiling again. He's got his arms back, and the people on Church Road are happy again.